Description:
Boston. John Montresor (1736-1799) and Thomas Hyde Page (1746-1821) Boston its Environs and Harbour, with the Rebels Works Raised against that Town in 1775. London: William Faden, October 1, 1777. Large double-page copper-plate engraved map printed on heavy textured paper, hand-colored, first state with 1777 publication date and without addition of extra half sheet at right; dusty, split along the central vertical fold, reinforced on verso, 30 1/4 x 22 3/4 in.
Estimate $700-900
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Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
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